From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 21 10:40:16 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 169B01065688; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:40:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from krassi@bulinfo.net) Received: from mx.bulinfo.net (mx.bulinfo.net [193.194.156.1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17BCE8FC0C; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:40:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from krassi@bulinfo.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx.bulinfo.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A720ACA24; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:40:12 +0200 (EET) Received: from mx.bulinfo.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mx.bulinfo.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 73765-09; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:40:11 +0200 (EET) Received: from [192.168.2.188] (pythia.bulinfo.net [212.72.195.5]) by mx.bulinfo.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE48ACA01; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:40:11 +0200 (EET) Message-ID: <4976FB8C.5050209@bulinfo.net> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:40:12 +0200 From: Krassimir Slavchev User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080616) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alexander Motin References: <20090120.114051.-854291995.imp@bsdimp.com> <4976215B.40302@FreeBSD.org> <20090120.122312.1543793985.imp@bsdimp.com> <20090120.123230.-272218744.imp@bsdimp.com> <49762CEF.1000405@FreeBSD.org> <49762EC9.1010006@FreeBSD.org> <4976E2C2.4090002@FreeBSD.org> <4976E9DB.3000803@bulinfo.net> <4976EFED.4010706@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4976EFED.4010706@FreeBSD.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mx.bulinfo.net Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mount root from SD card? X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the StrongARM Processor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:40:16 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 This is the output: CMD: 0 ARG 0 len 0 RES: 0 CMD: 8 ARG 1aa len 0 RES: 1 CMD: 37 ARG 0 len 0 RES: 0 CMD: 29 ARG 0 len 0 RES: 0 CMD: 0 ARG 0 len 0 RES: 0 CMD: 8 ARG 1aa len 0 RES: 1 CMD: 37 ARG 0 len 0 RES: 0 CMD: 29 ARG ff8000 len 0 RES: 0 CMD: 37 ARG 0 len 0 RES: 0 CMD: 29 ARG ff8000 len 0 RES: 0 CMD: 2 ARG 0 len 0 RES: 0 CMD: 3 ARG 0 len 0 RES: 0 CMD: 9 ARG 10000 len 0 RES: 0 CMD: 7 ARG 10000 len 0 RES: 0 CMD: 37 ARG 10000 len 0 RES: 0 CMD: 33 ARG 0 len 8 RES: 0 CMD: 6 ARG ffffff len 64 RES: 0 CMD: 37 ARG 10000 len 0 RES: 0 CMD: d ARG 0 len 64 RES: 2 CMD: 37 ARG 10000 len 0 RES: 0 CMD: d ARG 0 len 64 RES: 0 CMD: 7 ARG 0 len 0 RES: 0 CMD: 7 ARG 10000 len 0 RES: 0 CMD: 7 ARG 0 len 0 RES: 0 CMD: 7 ARG 10000 len 0 RES: 2 CMD: 6 ARG 80fffff0 len 64 RES: 0 CMD: 7 ARG 0 len 0 RES: 0 mmcsd0: 1983MB at mmc0 30MHz/1bit CMD: 7 ARG 10000 len 0 RES: 2 CMD: 37 ARG 10000 len 0 RES: 0 CMD: 6 ARG 0 len 0 RES: 0 CMD: 11 ARG 0 len 512 RES: 0 CMD: 11 ARG 0 len 512 RES: 0 CMD: 11 ARG 200 len 512 RES: 0 Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/mmcsd0s1 >> >> Also sysinstall crashes when trying to create a new slice. >> May be because: >> Disk name: mmcsd0 FDISK >> Partition Editor >> DISK Geometry: 0 cyls/0 heads/0 sectors = 0 sectors (0MB) > > I don't think it is related. There is no such thing as disk geometry on > flash card, that's why driver does not announce it. The only places > where it may be important is when fdisk is trying to align partitions > with track boundaries for compatibility with legacy BIOS'es. > > There is no problem to report some fake values, but from one side they > should better match BIOS assumptions on geometry and from other, they > should as much as possible to match flash erase sector size. I just have > no any system which supports SD booting to report something reasonable > there. Reporting maximal 63 sectors per track as for HDD may result in > ineffective filesystem alignment and reduced performance. > > At least sysinstall should be fixed. Should I fill a PR for this? Best Regards -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFJdvuMxJBWvpalMpkRAryjAJ9v4cj1FCZHFUx/csHsa3SDrjodHwCeNMSi wgWK6W4prQzbjJqzitiqcnw= =F7xk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----